TY - JOUR
T1 - New Directions For Women's Health
T2 - Expanding Understanding, Improving Research, Addressing Workforce Limitations
AU - Johnson, Paula A.
AU - Brindis, Claire D.
AU - Donelan, Karen
AU - Goodwin, Michele
AU - Harris, Lisa
AU - Backes Kozhimannil, Katy
AU - Rosenbaum, Sara
AU - Weitz, Tracy A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025, Project HOPE. All rights reserved.
PY - 2025/2
Y1 - 2025/2
N2 - In the United States, the field of women’s health faces critical challenges. This article, part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025 initiative, emphasizes the need for a holistic, lifespan approach to women’s health that considers biological sex, gender, and intersecting social factors. We identify three key challenges: broadening the understanding of women’s health beyond reproductive issues, improving the research ecosystem, and addressing workforce limitations. With innovative policies and investments across all areas of health, attention to structural determinants, and emphasis on the upstream factors affecting women’s lives, significant improvements in women’s health outcomes and substantial societal benefits can be achieved in 2025 and beyond.
AB - In the United States, the field of women’s health faces critical challenges. This article, part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025 initiative, emphasizes the need for a holistic, lifespan approach to women’s health that considers biological sex, gender, and intersecting social factors. We identify three key challenges: broadening the understanding of women’s health beyond reproductive issues, improving the research ecosystem, and addressing workforce limitations. With innovative policies and investments across all areas of health, attention to structural determinants, and emphasis on the upstream factors affecting women’s lives, significant improvements in women’s health outcomes and substantial societal benefits can be achieved in 2025 and beyond.
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01004
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01004
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 39841941
AN - SCOPUS:85218221195
SN - 0278-2715
VL - 44
SP - 156
EP - 162
JO - Health Affairs
JF - Health Affairs
IS - 2
ER -